republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-320.md

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Bill	Solid waste management; currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; exempt	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solid waste management generally, so as to categorically exempt currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; to provide for additional permitting exemptions; to delete a cross-reference; to revise civil penalty provisions; to amend Code Section 12-2-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Environmental Protection Division and Environmental Advisory Council, so as to update the effective date of rules and regulations for purposes of criminal law enforcement; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 320	Georgia HB 320 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Buddy Harden Chuck Williams Jan Tankersley Lynn Smith Lynne Riley Tom Kirby	7	18	1	2013-02-12	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/82850a2f-fd84-433f-ad4e-6807131c03b2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6a4a00c1892ea9b5391eb64bfc594a63b51eadb292858f21c1a0710f06386323	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 320 (2013_14) — Solid waste management; currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; exempt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solid waste management generally, so as to categorically exempt currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; to provide for additional permitting exemptions; to delete a cross-reference; to revise civil penalty provisions; to amend Code Section 12-2-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Environmental Protection Division and Environmental Advisory Council, so as to update the effective date of rules and regulations for purposes of criminal law enforcement; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 320/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 0265/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 40 0319S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0319S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 320 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 40 0205S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 159–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buddy Harden — primary (person)
• Chuck Williams — primary (person)
• Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)
• Lynne Riley — primary (person)
• Tom Kirby — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2013-02-12 House Hopper
• 2013-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-02-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 34 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82850a2f-fd84-433f-ad4e-6807131c03b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).